Environmental Affordances: A Practical Approach for Designing Child-Friendly Streets in High-Density Community

Qianxi Zhang, Wu Deng, Yat Ming Loo, Siyu Ma, Yuanli Ma, Weixuan Chen

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    Abstract

    Advocating for child-responsive urban settings can bring five benefits for sustainable development and designing child-friendly street environment in neighbourhood level plays an important role in children’s healthy growth. However, a series of problems and dangerous conditions are exacerbated by currently vehicle-oriented street design, especially in the high-density residential area. This research examines using the approach of environmental affordance to assess the street spatial resources and promote the child-friendly street design. The study conducted in the Mingdong community, Ningbo city, China. It’s a typical high-density community and one main street inside for children travelling from home to school was selected as the research sample. To collect the data, researcher used the methods of observation, documentation and interview with children to identify the actualized affordance. Descriptive and correlation analysis were applied in the street redesign strategies. In the end of study, new physical elements were added on the potential affordance based on the framework of safe environment, size and layout of the street, place to pause and stay, place to play and learn, green space and the quality of equipment and materials. It leads to better design solutions for child-friendly street spaces in high-density community.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEnvironment and Sustainable Development - Proceedings of the 2021 6th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development
    EditorsKeiji Ujikawa, Mikio Ishiwatari, Eric van Hullebusch
    PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
    Pages272-282
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Print)9789811917035
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022
    Event6th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, ACESD 2021 - Phuket, Thailand
    Duration: 6 Nov 20218 Nov 2021

    Publication series

    NameEnvironmental Science and Engineering
    Volume2
    ISSN (Print)1863-5520
    ISSN (Electronic)1863-5539

    Conference

    Conference6th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, ACESD 2021
    Country/TerritoryThailand
    CityPhuket
    Period6/11/218/11/21

    Keywords

    • Child-friendly street design
    • Environmental affordance approach
    • High-density community
    • Practice in Mingdong community

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Environmental Engineering
    • Information Systems

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